That whole line of reasoning is so much crap. Since when should ordinary human beings have to anticipate every possible act that a fanatical madman might come up with, and submit to whatever measures might be necessary to eliminate the threat? That way lies a police state, and worse. Prudent measures to deter the occasional nutcase I can see, but the measures required to stop dedicated madmen funded by an even crazier millionaire fanatic are beyond what people should have to deal with on a daily basis. The better, and far cheaper alternative, is to hunt down and kill the millionaire fanatic and as many of his followers as can be found. On that, we're off to a good start. As for putting cyanide detectors in every kitchen, and metal detectors in every grocery store, and all the 10,000 other things we'd have to do to really protect ourselves from an infinite supply of evil crazy people... screw it. The far better path to safety is find the crazies where they live and kill them before they act. Every dollar spent on another explosives-detection machine is a dollar that could have gone to hunting these bastards down and killing them. |
This search for somebody on our side to blame pisses me off. These people make it sound like being searched and stripped is just a normal part of getting on an airplane, and if somebody didn't do it right that day, it's their fault that a gang of suicidal madmen from Islamic Hell were able to pull off a plan they'd been working on for five years.